A new heat wave has hit southern Europe this week. In Greece, temperatures can rise to 43 degrees in some parts of the country, according to the authorities. This is reported by the Reuters news agency. Evacuation from a fire in a neighborhood outside Athens in Greece. Photo: Eurokinissi / AFP The government asks employees who do heavy work outside to stay inside in the afternoon. In Spain and Italy, the authorities have also issued heat wave warnings. Your browser does not support the embedding of external content Several deaths in the heat As a result of little rainfall in recent months, there is also a water shortage on several of the Greek islands. So far, at least six tourists have lost their lives in Greece due to the heat wave this summer. One of them was the well-known British TV personality Michael Mosley. The tourist attraction Acropolis in Athens is now closed to visitors during the day when the temperature is at its highest. The Red Cross distributes water on the Acropolis in Athens. Photo: Louisa Gouliamaki / Reuters Construction workers and others who work outside must take a break from mid-day to five in the afternoon, from Tuesday to Friday, reports the Greek Ministry of Labour. The governing authorities have also created their own areas in the public area, where people can go to cool off. Declares a state of emergency Since June, there have been several hundred fires and forest fires in Greece, Spain and Italy. Drought and hot winds from Africa have made extinguishing work difficult. The temperature will probably not drop until the end of the month, say meteorologists. Researchers link the high temperatures to climate change. – With global warming, temperatures will rise. That there are heat waves is very natural when the temperature rises. You can also see that the extreme becomes even more extreme, says Borgar Aamaas in Cicero to news. He adds that this applies to both heat waves and rainfall. The table shows the highest temperatures reported today, the next seven days and the average of previous highest temperatures. Location Highest today Average previous highest See explanation The average temperature is the average of daily maximum temperatures for the same date over a period of 30 years. The average we have used is in the current normal period 1991-2020 (i.e. the weather a young adult will experience as normal). The table is based on a list of selected places in Europe, and shows the 20 that are the hottest today. Source: Open-meteo Next 7 days Athens Greece 38° 32° Burgas Bulgaria 38° 27° Antalya Turkey 37° 36° Bodrum Turkey 36° 28° Iraklio Greece 34° 28° Madrid Spain 33° 33° See more places A collaboration between news and Meteorological Institute One problem in the countries around the Mediterranean is that the heat causes the soil to dry out, which makes the area more exposed to forest fires. The government in North Macedonia declared a state of emergency for a month, due to heavy forest fires. In Bulgaria, too, the flames have consumed large parts of the landscape. Both countries have asked neighboring countries and the EU for assistance in the extinguishing work. A tourist struggles in the heat on the Acropolis in Athens. Photo: LOUIZA VRADI / Reuters Extreme temperatures around the world Both in the USA and in India the degree scale has risen to extremes this summer. In the USA, three people died on a trip in the state of Utah this weekend. The deaths are being investigated as heat-related. The three deaths are the latest in a row, during an ongoing heat wave in several states. Earlier in July, there was a heat record in Las Vegas, with 48.9 degrees. That is why Europe is getting warmer. Heat waves in Europe are coming more often, last longer and reach higher temperatures than before. The researchers are now clear that this is largely due to man-made greenhouse gas emissions. Swipe to read more about how summers have changed, and what we can do about it. AP It has gotten so much warmer The probability of heat waves in the world is almost three times as great now, as it was before the industrial revolution. In recent years, large parts of Europe have had maximum temperatures around 10 degrees warmer than normal. AP To what extent does it count Researchers have studied the impact humans have on the climate since the early 20th century, and the evidence has grown stronger since then. Nevertheless, emissions in the world have continued to increase. If global warming reaches 2 degrees, the number of heat waves in the world will probably double from today’s level. 4 degrees of warming could double the number of heat waves once more, according to the UN climate panel. But now something is happening. AP Is there hope? It could happen that the world has finally reached the emissions cap. The less greenhouse gases we release, the less these changes will continue to escalate. Many big cities have also become better at handling heat waves. Such measures have already meant that fewer people die from the heat than they would otherwise. It has also been very hot in India and the Middle East this summer. At the end of June, Indian media reported that 52 people died in New Delhi as a result of the heat wave. This summer, India has recorded over 40,000 recorded heatstrokes. Published 17.07.2024, at 22.12
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